Ayensuano District

Ayensuano District
Former District
Districts of Eastern Region
Ayensuano District Location of Ayensuano District within Eastern
Coordinates: 5°54′28.8″N0°28′8.4″W / 5.908000°N 0.469000°W / 5.908000; -0.469000
Country	Ghana
Region	Eastern
Capital	Coaltar
Population  (2021)
• Total	94,594 [1]
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)

Ayensuano District is one of the thirty-three districts in Eastern Region, Ghana. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District in 1988, which was created from the former Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District Council, until the southern part of the district was split off to create Ayensuano (district) on 28 June 2012; thus the remaining part has been renamed as Suhum Municipal District , which it was also elevated into municipal district assembly status on that same year. The district assembly is located in the southern part of Eastern Region and has Coaltar as its capital town. The population of the district as at December 2024 stood at 98,300.

Political representation

The district has one constituency by the same name, Ayensuano which has twenty seven (27) electoral areas. The district is divided into three zones, Obesua Zone, Anum Apapam Zone and Kraboa-Coaltar Zone. ^[5]

References

1. Ghana: Administrative Division
2. "New Districts & Nominated DCEs" (PDF). ghanadistricts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2013.
3. "All Districts". ghanadistricts. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
4. "Districts of Ghana". statoids. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
5. "Ayensuano – Eastern Regional Official Website". easternregion.gov.gh. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

External Sources

• "Districts of Ghana". Statoids.
• About Ayensuano District Assembly

5°54′28.8″N0°28′8.4″W / 5.908000°N 0.469000°W / 5.908000; -0.469000